Dr Jonathan Rajan
I am a consultant anaesthetist specialising in pain medicine. I have a background working in a tertiary referral specialist pain service having trained in London and the North West. I am the faculty tutor for pain medicine at Salford Royal, the Manchester University lead for undergraduate pain medicine and am regional lead on the faculty of pain medicine advisory group for undergraduate education for the North West. I am also a committee member on the British Pain Society Education Committee.
I have a specialist interest in minimally invasive treatments to help a variety of pains including back pain, leg pain, knee pain and use techniques such as radiofrequency ablation to help patients manage and reduce their pain. I work closely with neurosurgical, spinal and orthopaedic colleagues to ensure the best possible outcomes are achieved.
Specialises in
- Epidural steroid injections and spinal nerve root blocks - for trapped spinal nerves causing brachialgia (arm pain) and sciatica (leg pain)
- Lumbar and cervical facet joint radiofrequency denervations - for low back and neck pain
- Occipital nerve denervation – for upper neck pain and headache
- Sacro-iliac joint denervation - for lower back pain from the sacro-iliac joint
- Suprascapular nerve denervation - for shoulder pain
- Genicular nerve denervation - for knee pain
- PRP therapy - a relatively new and simple drug free treatment now available in the UK for knee, spinal, and other joint pain, using your own plasma
- Trigger point injections
- Costochondral joint injections
Treatments
Special interests
- Back pain
- Chronic pain
- Radiofrequency ablation
Training and registration
Having completed medical school at the University of Edinburgh, which included a degree in virology, I continued my training in London in anaesthesia and pain medicine. I then completed my registrar training in the North West undertaking advanced pain medicine training. I have completed the fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists by examination and the Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine also by examination. As a consultant I have continued my interest in minimally invasive interventions to reduce pain, particularly for back and knee pain. I also have an ongoing interest in education with numerous different educational leadership roles within pain medicine and a research interest in pain and metabolic disease.
Qualifications: MBChB, FFPMRCA, FRCA, BSc (Hons), PGCERT Med Ed.
Clinic Times
| Friday | 12pm - 4pm |
What is chronic pain?
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Symptoms of chronic pain
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Seeing a specialist for chronic pain
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Treatment options for chronic pain
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Suitability for radiofrequency ablation
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What happens during radiofrequency ablation?
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Recovery after radiofrequency ablation
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How long will pain relief last after the procedure?
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Success rates of treatment
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